document_title: List of James Bond films

question_text: when was the last james bond film released

text: List of James Bond films

text: Plots[edit]

text: Dr. No (1962)[edit]

text: Strangways, the British Intelligence (SIS) Station Chief in Jamaica, is killed. In response, British agent James Bond—also known as 007—is sent to Jamaica to investigate the circumstances. During his investigation Bond meets Quarrel, a Cayman fisherman, who had been working with Strangways around the nearby islands to collect mineral samples. One of the islands was Crab Key, home to the reclusive Dr. No.

text: Bond visits the island, where he meets a local shell diver, Honey Ryder. The three are attacked by No's men, who kill Quarrel using a flame-throwing armoured tractor; Bond and Honey are taken prisoner. Dr. No informs them he is a member of SPECTRE, the SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion, and he plans to disrupt the Project Mercury space launch from Cape Canaveral with his atomic-powered radio beam. Bond and Honey escape from the island, killing No and blowing up his lair in the process.

text: From Russia with Love (1963)[edit]

text: SPECTRE's expert planner Kronsteen devises a plot to steal a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets and sell it back to them while exacting revenge on Bond for killing their agent Dr. No; ex-SMERSH operative Rosa Klebb is in charge of the mission. She recruits Donald Grant as an assassin and Tatiana Romanova, a cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul, as the unwitting bait.

text: Bond travels to Turkey and meets with Ali Kerim Bey, the MI6 officer in Turkey. Between them, they obtain the Lektor, and the three escape with the device on the Orient Express. However, they are followed by Grant, who kills Kerim Bey and a Soviet security officer. Grant pretends to be another British agent and meets Bond. Over dinner Grant drugs Romanova, then overcomes Bond. Bond tricks Grant into opening Bond's attaché case in the manner that detonates its tear gas booby trap, allowing Bond to attack and kill him. Bond and Romanova escape with the Lektor to Venice. Rosa Klebb, disguised as a hotel maid, attempts to steal the Lektor and kill Bond, but ends up being shot by Romanova.

text: Goldfinger (1964)[edit]

text: Bond is ordered to observe bullion dealer Auric Goldfinger. He suspects Goldfinger of cheating at cards and foils his scheme by distracting his female accomplice, who is later killed by Goldfinger's Korean manservant and henchman Oddjob after Bond seduces her. Bond is then instructed to investigate Goldfinger's gold smuggling operation and he tails the dealer to Switzerland. Bond is captured when he reconnoitres Goldfinger's plant and is drugged unconscious; Goldfinger then transports Bond to his Kentucky stud farm where he holds Bond captive. Bond escapes briefly to witness Goldfinger's meeting with US mafiosi, observing secretly as Goldfinger presents to the gangsters his plans to rob Fort Knox by using materials they have smuggled to him.

text: Bond is recaptured after hearing the details of the operation, but he subsequently seduces Pussy Galore, Goldfinger's private pilot and convinces her to inform the American authorities. Goldfinger's private army break into Fort Knox and access the vault, where Bond fights and kills Oddjob, while American troops battle with Goldfinger's army outside. Bond's plane is hijacked by Goldfinger, but Bond struggles with him, and shoots out a window, creating an explosive decompression, killing Goldfinger.[14]

text: Thunderball (1965)[edit]

text: Bond investigates the hijacking of an Avro Vulcan loaded with two atomic bombs, which had been taken by SPECTRE. The organisation demands a ransom for the return of the bombs. Bond follows a lead to the Bahamas, where he meets up with his CIA counterpart and friend Felix Leiter. The pair suspect a rich playboy, Emilio Largo, and search the area around his yacht and then the area where they think the yacht may have travelled. After finding the plane—but without the nuclear devices on board—the two agents arrange for Largo's yacht to be tracked and ambushed once the bombs are being moved by Largo.

text: Casino Royale (1967)[edit]

text: Bond is brought out of retirement to deal with SMERSH and is promoted to the head of MI6 on the death of M. He recruits baccarat player Evelyn Tremble to beat SMERSH agent Le Chiffre. Having embezzled SMERSH's money, Le Chiffre is desperate for money to cover up his theft. Tremble stops Le Chiffre's cheating and beats him in a game of baccarat. Tremble is captured, tortured and killed. Bond establishes that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah; he and Moneypenny travel there to investigate. Dr. Noah turns out to be Sir James's nephew Jimmy Bond, who plans to use biological warfare to make all women beautiful and kill all tall men, leaving him as the "big man" who gets all the girls. The casino is then overrun by secret agents and a battle ensues, but the building explodes, killing all inside.

text: You Only Live Twice (1967)[edit]

text: 007 is sent to Japan to investigate the hijacking of an American spacecraft by an unidentified spacecraft. Upon his arrival, Bond is contacted by Aki, assistant to the Japanese secret service leader Tiger Tanaka. Bond established that the mastermind behind the hijacking is Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE, in conjunction with Osato, a local industrialist. Bond follows the trail to Blofeld's island headquarters.

text: Tanaka's ninja troops attack the island, while Bond manages to distract Blofeld and create a diversion which allows him to open the hatch, letting in the ninjas. During the battle, Osato is killed by Blofeld, who activates the base's self-destruct system and escapes. Bond, Kissy, Tanaka, and the surviving ninjas escape through the cave tunnel before it explodes, and are rescued by submarine.

text: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)[edit]

text: While searching for Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, Bond saves Tracy di Vicenzo on the beach from committing suicide by drowning, and later meets her again in a casino. Bond then receives information from Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the European crime syndicate Unione Corse and Tracy's father, about Blofeld's Swiss solicitor. Bond breaks into the solicitors office and establishes Blofeld is corresponding with the London College of Arms. Posing as an emissary of the college, Bond meets Blofeld, who has established a clinical allergy-research institute atop Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps. Bond soon establishes that Blofeld is brainwashing his patients to distribute bacteriological warfare agents throughout various parts of the world.

text: Bond escapes from the clinic after Blofeld identifies him as the British agent. Bond arranges a raid on the clinic using men from Draco's organisation. The raid is a success, although Blofeld escapes. Bond marries Tracy, but she is murdered shortly afterwards by Irma Bunt, Blofeld's partner.

text: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)[edit]

text: Bond is tasked with investigating a major diamond smuggling ring which begins in Africa and runs through Holland and the UK to the United States. Disguised as professional smuggler and murderer Peter Franks, Bond travels to Amsterdam to meet contact Tiffany Case: he is given the diamonds and travels on to the US, where he is met by Felix Leiter. Bond moves through the chain, which leads to the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte.

text: Bond follows the diamonds to a pick-up by Bert Saxby, Whyte's head of security, and then onto a research laboratory owned by Whyte, where he finds that a satellite is being built by a laser refraction specialist, Professor Dr. Metz. Suspecting Whyte, Bond tries to confront him, but instead meets Blofeld, who captures the agent and explains to him that the satellite can blow up nuclear missiles. Blofeld admits that he intends to auction it to the highest bidder. Bond escapes and frees the captive Whyte and they establish that Blofeld is using an offshore oil rig as his base. Bond attacks the rig, stopping Blofeld's operation and dispersing his organisation.

text: Live and Let Die (1973)[edit]

text: James Bond is sent to investigate the murder of three British MI6 agents, all of whom have been killed within 24 hours. He discovers the victims were all separately investigating the operations of Dr. Kananga, the dictator of a small Caribbean island, San Monique. He also establishes that Kananga also acts as Mr. Big, a ruthless and cunning gangster.

text: Upon visiting San Monique, Bond determines that Kananga is producing two tons of heroin and is protecting the poppy fields by exploiting locals' fear of voodoo and the occult. Through his alter ego, Mr. Big, Kananga plans to distribute the heroin free of charge at his Fillet of Soul restaurants, which will increase the number of addicts. Bond is captured by Kananga, but he escapes, killing Kananga and destroying the poppy crop.

text: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)[edit]

text: After receiving a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface M relieves Bond of a mission locating a British scientist, Gibson, who has invented the "Solex agitator", a device to harness solar power, thereby solving the energy crisis. The bullet signifies Bond is a target of assassin Francisco Scaramanga and Bond sets out unofficially to find him. From a spent golden bullet, Bond tracks Scaramanga to Macau, where he sees Scaramanga's mistress collecting golden bullets at a casino. Bond follows her to Hong Kong, where he witnesses the murder of Gibson and the theft of the Solex agitator. Bond is subsequently assigned to retrieve the agitator and assassinate Scaramanga.

text: Bond meets with Hai Fat, a wealthy Thai entrepreneur suspected of arranging Gibson's murder, and is captured, but subsequently escapes. He tracks Scaramanga to an island in Red Chinese waters, where the two men fight a duel: Bond kills the assassin.

text: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)[edit]

text: Bond is tasked with investigating the disappearance of British and Soviet ballistic missile submarines and the subsequent offer to sell a submarine tracking system. Bond works alongside Major Anya Amasova of the KGB. The pair track the plans across Egypt and identify the person responsible for the thefts as shipping tycoon, scientist and anarchist Karl Stromberg.

text: Bond and Amasova follow a suspicious tanker owned by Stromberg and establish it is responsible for the missing submarines; the submarine in which they are travelling is also captured by Stromberg. Stromberg plans to destroy Moscow and New York, triggering nuclear war: he planned to then establish a new civilisation. Bond escapes, freeing the submariners captured from the other submarines and follows Stromberg to his headquarters, where he shoots the tycoon and a torpedo destroys the base.

text: Moonraker (1979)[edit]

text: A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan is hijacked and Bond is ordered to investigate. Bond meets the owner of the company, Hugo Drax and one of Drax's scientists, Dr. Holly Goodhead. Bond follows the trail to Venice, where he establishes that Drax is manufacturing a nerve gas deadly to humans, but harmless to animals. Bond again meets Goodhead and finds out that she is a CIA agent.

text: Bond travels to the Amazon looking for Drax's research facility, where he is captured. He and Goodhead pose as pilots on one of six space shuttles being sent by Drax to a hidden space station. There Bond finds out that Drax plans to destroy all human life by launching fifty globes containing the toxin into the Earth's atmosphere. Bond and Goodhead disable the radar jammer hiding the station from Earth and the US sends a platoon of Marines in a military space shuttle. During the battle, Bond kills Drax and his station is destroyed.

text: For Your Eyes Only (1981)[edit]

text: After a British spy boat sinks, a marine archaeologist, Sir Timothy Havelock, is tasked to retrieve its Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) communication system before the Russians do. After Havelock is murdered by Gonzales, a Cuban hit-man, Bond is ordered to find out who hired Gonzales. While investigating, Bond is captured, but Gonzales is subsequently killed by Havelock's daughter Melina, and she and Bond escape. Bond identifies one of those present with Gonzales as Emile Leopold Locque and so follows a lead to Italy and meets his contact, Luigi Ferrara, and a well-connected Greek businessman and intelligence informant, Aris Kristatos. Kristatos tells Bond that Locque is employed by Milos Columbo, Kristatos' former organised crime partner.

text: After Ferrara is murdered—and the evidence points to Columbo—Bond is captured by men working for Columbo. Columbo then explains that Locque was actually hired by Kristatos, who is working for the KGB to retrieve the ATAC. Bond and Melina recover the ATAC but are captured by Kristatos. They escape and follow Kristatos to Greece, where he is killed and the ATAC is destroyed by Bond.

text: Octopussy (1983)[edit]

text: Bond investigates the murder of 009, killed in East Berlin while dressed as a circus clown and carrying a fake Fabergé egg. An identical egg appears at auction and Bond establishes the buyer, exiled Afghan prince, Kamal Khan is working with Orlov, a renegade Soviet general, who is seeking to expand Soviet borders into Europe. Bond meets Octopussy, a wealthy woman who leads the Octopus cult. Bond finds out that Orlov has been supplying Khan with priceless Soviet treasures, replacing them with replicas, while Khan has been smuggling the real versions into the West, via Octopussy's circus troupe.

text: Bond infiltrates the circus, and finds that Orlov replaced the Soviet treasures with a nuclear warhead, primed to explode at a US Air Force base in West Germany. The explosion would trigger Europe into seeking disarmament, in the belief that the bomb was an American one that was detonated by accident, leaving the West's borders open to Soviet invasion. Bond deactivates the warhead and then he returns to India, joining an assault on Khan's palace.

text: Never Say Never Again (1983)[edit]

text: Bond investigates the hijacking of two cruise missiles with live nuclear warheads which had been taken by SPECTRE. He meets Domino Petachi, the pilot's sister, and her lover, Maximillian Largo, a SPECTRE agent. Following them to France, Bond informs Domino of her brother's death and subsequently finds his MI6 colleague killed by Fatima Blush, another SPECTRE agent: Bond kills her. Bond and Felix Leiter then attempt to board Largo's motor yacht, the Flying Saucer, in search of the missing nuclear warheads. Bond becomes trapped and is taken, with Domino, to Palmyra, Largo's base of operations in North Africa, but Bond subsequently escapes with Domino. The two agents ambush Largo while he is placing one of the bombs.

text: A View to a Kill (1985)[edit]

text: Bond investigates millionaire industrialist Max Zorin, who is trying to corner the world market in microchips. He establishes that Zorin was previously trained and financed by the KGB, but has now gone rogue. Zorin unveils to a group of investors his plan to destroy Silicon Valley which will give him a monopoly in the manufacturing of microchips.

text: Bond uncovers Zorin's plan is to detonate explosives beneath the lakes along the Hayward and San Andreas faults, which will cause them to flood. A larger bomb is also on site in the mine to destroy a "geological lock" that prevents the two faults from moving at the same time. Bond destroys the bomb, and subsequently kills Zorin.

text: The Living Daylights (1987)[edit]

text: Bond aids the defection of KGB officer General Georgi Koskov, by wounding a female KGB sniper, Kara Milovy, a cellist. During his debriefing Koskov alleges KGB's old policy of Smert Spionam, meaning Death to Spies, has been revived by General Leonid Pushkin, the new head of the KGB. Koskov is subsequently abducted from the safe-house and Bond is ordered to kill Pushkin.

text: Bond tracks down Milovy and establishes she is Koskov's girlfriend and that the defection was staged. He subsequently finds out that Koskov is a friend of the arms dealer Brad Whitaker. After meeting Pushkin and faking his assassination by Bond, Bond investigates a scheme by Koskov and Whitaker to embezzle KGB funds and use them to purchase diamonds, which they then use to purchase drugs. After Koskov purchases the drugs, Bond destroys them. Koskov is subsequently arrested by Pushkin, while Bond kills Whitaker.

text: Licence to Kill (1989)[edit]

text: Bond aids Felix Leiter in the capture of drugs lord Franz Sanchez; Sanchez escapes and maims Leiter, killing his wife. Bond swears revenge, but is ordered to return to duty by M. Bond refuses, and M revokes his licence to kill, causing Bond to become a rogue agent; although officially stripped of his status, he is unofficially given help by Q.

text: Bond journeys to Sanchez's home in the Republic of Isthmus and is taken onto Sanchez's staff, where he manages to raise Sanchez's suspicions against a number of his employees. When Bond is taken to Sanchez's main base and drugs refinery, he is recognised by one of Sanchez's men and captured. He escapes, destroying the refinery in the process, and pursues Sanchez, killing him.

text: GoldenEye (1995)[edit]

text: In 1986 Bond and Alec Trevelyan—agent 006—infiltrate an illicit Soviet chemical weapons facility and plant explosive charges. Trevelyan is shot, but Bond escapes from the facility as it explodes. Nine years later, Bond witnesses the theft by criminal organisation Janus of a prototype Eurocopter Tiger helicopter that can withstand an electromagnetic pulse. Janus uses the helicopter to steal the control disk for the dual GoldenEye satellite weapons, using the GoldenEye to destroy the complex with an electromagnetic pulse; there are two survivors of the attack, the programmers, Natalya Simonov and Boris Grishenko.

text: Bond investigates the attack and travels to Russia where he locates Simonova and learns that Trevelyan, who had faked his own death, was the head of Janus. Simonova tracks computer traffic to Cuba and she and Bond travel there and locate Trevelyan, who reveals his plan to steal money from the Bank of England before erasing all of its financial records with the GoldenEye, concealing the theft and destroying Britain's economy. Bond and Simonova destroy the satellite facility, killing Trevelyan and Grishenko in the process.

text: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)[edit]

text: Bond investigates the sinking of a British warship in Chinese waters, the theft of one of the ship's cruise missiles—and the shooting down of a Chinese fighter plane. He uncovers a link to media mogul Elliot Carver which suggests that Carver had purchased a GPS encoder on the black market.

text: Bond encounters Chinese agent Wai Lin, who is also investigating the matter and the two agree to work together. They discover that Carver had used the GPS encoder to push the British ship off course and into Chinese waters to incite a war for ratings. With the British fleet on their way to China, Bond and Wai Lin find Carver's stealth ship, board it and prevent the firing of a British cruise missile at Beijing. They blow a hole in the ship, exposing it to radar, leading to its sinking averting war between Britain and China.

text: The World Is Not Enough (1999)[edit]

text: Bond recovers money for Sir Robert King, a British oil tycoon and friend of M, but the money is booby-trapped and kills King shortly afterwards. Bond traces the money to Renard, a KGB agent-turned-terrorist, who had previously kidnapped King's daughter Elektra. MI6 believes that Renard is targeting Elektra King a second time and Bond is assigned to protect her: the pair are subsequently attacked.

text: Bond visits Valentin Zukovsky and is informed that Elektra's head of security, Davidov, is in league with Renard: Bond kills Davidov and follows the trail to a Russian ICBM base in Kazakhstan. Posing as a Russian nuclear scientist, Bond meets American nuclear physicist Christmas Jones. The two witness Renard stealing the GPS locator card and a half quantity of weapons-grade plutonium from a bomb and set off an explosion, from which Bond and Jones escape. Elektra kidnaps M after she thinks Bond had been killed and Bond establishes that Elektra intends to create a nuclear explosion in a submarine in Istanbul to increase the value of her own oil pipeline. Bond frees M, kills Elektra and then disarms the bomb on the submarine where he kills Renard.

text: Die Another Day (2002)[edit]

text: Bond investigates North Korean Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, who is illegally trading African conflict diamonds for weapons. Moon is apparently killed and Bond is captured and tortured for 14 months, after which he is exchanged for Zao, Moon's assistant. Despite being suspended on his return, he decides to complete his mission and tracks down Zao to a gene therapy clinic, where patients can have their appearances altered through DNA restructuring. Zao escapes, but the trail leads to British billionaire Gustav Graves.

text: Graves unveils a mirror satellite, "Icarus", which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for crop development. Bond discovers Moon has also undergone the gene therapy and has assumed the identity of Graves. Bond then exposes Moon's plan: to use the Icarus to cut a path through the Korean Demilitarized Zone with concentrated sunlight, allowing North Korean troops to invade South Korea and reunite the countries through force. Bond disables the Icarus controls, kills Moon and stops the invasion.

text: Casino Royale (2006)[edit]

text: A reboot of the series, with Bond winning his 00 status in the pre-credits sequence. Bond is instructed to investigate the funding of terrorism. He tracks down and kills a bomb-maker and takes his mobile phone. Searching through the phone, Bond discovers a text message which he traces to Alex Dimitrios, and then on to financer Le Chiffre. Le Chiffre's investments involve short-selling stock in successful companies and then engineering terrorist attacks to sink their share prices. Bond foils Le Chiffre's plan to destroy the prototype Skyfleet airliner, which forces Le Chiffre to set up a high-stakes poker tournament at the Casino Royale to recoup his fortune. Bond is instructed to beat Le Chiffre and is aided by a member of HM Treasury, Vesper Lynd.

text: Bond beats Le Chiffre at the poker table, but Lynd is kidnapped by Le Chiffre after the game, as is Bond, who is captured whilst pursuing them; Lynd is ransomed for the money and Bond is tortured. Le Chiffre is subsequently killed by Mr. White, a liaison between Le Chiffre and a number of his clients. Bond learns that his poker winnings were never repaid to the Treasury, which Lynd was supposed to have done, and Bond establishes that she was a double agent. Bond pursues her and is attacked by members of White's organisation: he survives, but White takes the money and Lynd sacrifices herself in exchange for Bond's life, as he later finds out from M. Bond subsequently finds and captures White.

text: Quantum of Solace (2008)[edit]

text: Along with M, Bond interrogates Mr. White regarding his organisation, Quantum. M's bodyguard, Mitchell, a double agent, attacks M, enabling White to escape. Bond traces the organisation to Haiti and a connection to environmentalist Dominic Greene.

text: Bond uncovers a plot between Greene and an exiled Bolivian General, Medrano, to put Medrano in power in Bolivia while Quantum are given a monopoly to run the water supply to the country. Bond ascertains Quantum are damming Bolivia's supply of fresh water to force the price up. Bond attacks the hotel where Greene and Medrano are finalising their plans and leaves Greene stranded in the desert with only a tin of engine oil to drink. Bond then finds Vesper Lynd's former lover and member of Quantum, Yusef Kabira.

text: Skyfall (2012)[edit]

text: After an operation in Istanbul ends in disaster, Bond is missing and presumed to be dead. In the aftermath, questions are raised over M's ability to run the Secret Service, and she becomes the subject of a government review over her handling of the situation. The Service itself is attacked, prompting Bond's return to London. His presence assists MI6's investigation in uncovering a lead, and Bond is sent to Shanghai and Macau in pursuit of a mercenary named Patrice. There, he establishes a connection to Raoul Silva, a former MI6 agent who was captured and tortured by Chinese agents. Blaming M for his imprisonment, he sets in motion a plan to ruin her reputation before murdering her. Bond saves M and attempts to lure Silva into a trap, and while he is successful in repelling Silva's assault, M is mortally wounded. Bond returns to active duty under the command of the new M, Gareth Mallory.

text: Spectre (2015)[edit]

text: In the aftermath of Raoul Silva's attack on MI6, a cryptic message sets in motion events that will see James Bond come face-to-face with the sinister organisation known as "Spectre". As Gareth Mallory, the newly appointed M, continues fighting political pressures that threaten the future of MI6, Bond follows a trail from Mexico to Austria and Morocco as he is drawn into a confrontation with an enemy from his past; one who holds a dangerous secret that will force him to question the value of everything he has fought to protect.[15][16][17]

text: Box office and budget[edit]

text: The Eon-produced films have a combined gross of nearly $7 billion, and constitute the fourth-highest-grossing film series, behind Star Wars, Harry Potter films and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[6]

text:
Title
Year
Bond actor
Director
Box office
Budget
Salary of Bond actor
Box office
Budget
Salary of Bond actor

Actual $ (millions)[18][19][20]
Adjusted 2005 $ (millions)[19]

Dr. No
1962
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Young, TerenceTerence Young
59.5
1.1
0.1[b]
448.8
7.0
0.6

From Russia with Love
1963
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Young, TerenceTerence Young
78.9
2.0
0.3
543.8
12.6
1.6

Goldfinger
1964
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Hamilton, GuyGuy Hamilton
124.9
3.0
0.5
820.4
18.6
3.2

Thunderball
1965
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Young, TerenceTerence Young
141.2
6.8
0.8
848.1
41.9
4.7

Casino Royale[N]
19671 !1967
Niven, DavidDavid Niven

Hughes, KenKen Hughes
John Huston
Joseph McGrath
Robert Parrish
Val Guest
Richard Talmadge

44.4[21]
12[21]
n/a
260[22]
70[22]
n/a

You Only Live Twice
19672 !1967
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Gilbert, LewisLewis Gilbert
101.0
10.3
0.8 + 25% net merchandise royalty
514.2
59.9
4.4 excluding profit participation

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Lazenby, GeorgeGeorge Lazenby
Hunt, Peter R.Peter R. Hunt
64.6
7.0
0.1
291.5
37.3
0.6

Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Hamilton, GuyGuy Hamilton
116.0
7.2
1.2 + 12.5% of gross (14.5) [c]
442.5
34.7
5.8 excluding profit participation

Live and Let Die
1973
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Hamilton, GuyGuy Hamilton
126.4
7.0
0.18
460.3
30.8
0.7

man with !The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Hamilton, GuyGuy Hamilton
98.5
7.0
0.24 + 2.5%
334.0
27.7
0.8 excluding profit participation

spy who !The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Gilbert, LewisLewis Gilbert
185.4
14.0
0.3 + 3.75%
533.0
45.1
0.9 excluding profit participation

Moonraker
1979
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Gilbert, LewisLewis Gilbert
210.3
34.0
n/a
535.0
91.5
n/a

For Your Eyes Only
1981
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Glen, JohnJohn Glen
194.9
28.0
n/a
449.4
60.2
n/a

Octopussy
1983
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Glen, JohnJohn Glen
183.7
27.5
4.0
373.8
53.9
7.8

Never Say Never Again[N]
1983
Connery, SeanSean Connery
Kershner, IrvinIrvin Kershner
160[21]
36[21]
n/a
314[22]
71[22]
n/a

view !A View to a Kill
1985
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
Glen, JohnJohn Glen
152.4
30.0
5.0
275.2
54.5
9.1

living !The Living Daylights
1987
Dalton, TimothyTimothy Dalton
Glen, JohnJohn Glen
191.2
40.0
3.0
313.5
68.8
5.2

Licence to Kill
1989
Dalton, TimothyTimothy Dalton
Glen, JohnJohn Glen
156.2
36.0
5.0
250.9
56.7
7.9

GoldenEye
1995
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
Campbell, MartinMartin Campbell
351.9
60.0
4.0
518.5
76.9
5.1

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
Spottiswoode, RogerRoger Spottiswoode
338.9
110.0
8.2
463.2
133.9
10.0

world !The World Is Not Enough
1999
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
Apted, MichaelMichael Apted
361.8
135.0
12.4
439.5
158.3
13.5

Die Another Day
2002
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
Tamahori, LeeLee Tamahori
431.9
142.0
16.5
465.4
154.2
17.9

Casino Royale
2006
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
Campbell, MartinMartin Campbell
594.2
150.0
3.4
581.5
145.3
3.3

Quantum of Solace
2008
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
Forster, MarcMarc Forster
576.0
200.0
8.9
514.2
181.4
8.1

Skyfall
2012
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
Mendes, SamSam Mendes
1108.6[23]
150.0[24][25]–200.0[23]
17.0[26]
943.5[22]
127.7–170.2[22]
14.5[22]

Spectre
2015
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
Mendes, SamSam Mendes
880.7[27]
245.0–250.0[d]
39[35]
725.5[22]
201.8–205.9[22]
n/a

Total
Eon-produced film series
6,829.1
1,453–1,508

12,086
1,881–1,927

All films
7,033.5
1,501–1,556

13,283
2,162–2,208

text: 1 2 Films not produced by Eon

text: Reception and accolades[edit]

text: The Bond films have been nominated for a number of awards throughout their fifty-year history, with most films winning an award; these include successes at the British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards. In addition, in 1982 Albert R. Broccoli received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.[36]

text:
Film
Year
Actor
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
CinemaScore
Awards

Dr. No
1962
Connery, SeanSean Connery
96% (51 reviews)[37]
78 (8 reviews)[38]

Winner, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress at the 21st Golden Globe Awards[39]

From Russia with Love
1963
Connery, SeanSean Connery
96% (52 reviews)[40]
85 (13 reviews)[41]

Winner, BAFTA Award for British Cinematography: Colour at the 17th British Academy Film Awards[42]
Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 22nd Golden Globe Awards[43]

Goldfinger
1964
Connery, SeanSean Connery
96% (57 reviews)[44]
87 (12 reviews)[45]

Winner, Academy Award for Best Sound Effects at the 37th Academy Awards[46]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction: Colour at the 18th British Academy Film Awards[47]

Thunderball
1965
Connery, SeanSean Connery
86% (43 reviews)[48]
64 (9 reviews)[49]

Winner, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 38th Academy Awards[50]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction: Colour at the 19th British Academy Film Awards[51]

Casino Royale
1967
Niven, DavidDavid Niven
29% (34 reviews)[52]

Nominated, Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 40th Academy Awards[53]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best British Costume Direction: Colour at the 21st British Academy Film Awards[54]

You Only Live Twice
1967
Connery, SeanSean Connery
72% (43 reviews)[55]
61 (14 reviews)[56]

Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction: Colour at the 21st British Academy Film Awards[54]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Lazenby, GeorgeGeorge Lazenby
82% (45 reviews)[57]
61 (12 reviews)[58]

Nominated, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor at the 27th Golden Globe Awards[59]

Diamonds Are Forever
1971
Connery, SeanSean Connery
67% (43 reviews)[60]
59 (11 reviews)[61]

Nominated, Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 44th Academy Awards[62]

Live and Let Die
1973
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
66% (44 reviews)[63]
55 (9 reviews)[64]

Nominated, Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 46th Academy Awards[65]

man with !The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
45% (44 reviews)[66]
43 (11 reviews)[67]

spy who !The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
79% (47 reviews)[68]
55 (12 reviews)[69]

Nominated, Academy Awards for Best Original Score, Best Original Song and Best Production Design at the 50th Academy Awards[70]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Production Design at the 31st British Academy Film Awards[71]
Nominated, Anthony Asquith Award at the 31st British Academy Film Awards[71]
Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 35th Golden Globe Awards[72]
Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score at the 35th Golden Globe Awards[72]

Moonraker
1979
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
60% (45 reviews)[73]
66 (13 reviews)[74]

Nominated, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 52nd Academy Awards[75]

For Your Eyes Only
1981
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
74% (46 reviews)[76]
54 (12 reviews)[77]

Nominated, Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 54th Academy Awards[8]
Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 39th Golden Globe Awards[78]

Octopussy
1983
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
42% (43 reviews)[79]
63 (14 reviews)[80]

Never Say Never Again
1983
Connery, SeanSean Connery
63% (46 reviews)[81]
68 (15 reviews)[82]

view !A View to a Kill
1985
Moore, RogerRoger Moore
36% (55 reviews)[83]
40 (20 reviews)[84]

Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 43rd Golden Globe Awards[85]

living !The Living Daylights
1987
Dalton, TimothyTimothy Dalton
70% (50 reviews)[86]
60 (17 reviews)[87]
A[88]

Licence to Kill
1989
Dalton, TimothyTimothy Dalton
77% (52 reviews)[89]
58 (25 reviews)[90]
B+[88]

GoldenEye
1995
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
78% (72 reviews)[91]
65 (18 reviews)[92]
A-[88]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 49th British Academy Film Awards[93]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 49th British Academy Film Awards[94]

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
57% (82 reviews)[95]
52 (38 reviews)[96]
A-[88]
Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Golden Globe Awards[97]

world !The World Is Not Enough
1999
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
51% (136 reviews)[98]
57 (38 reviews)[99]
B+[88]

Die Another Day
2002
Brosnan, PiercePierce Brosnan
58% (215 reviews)[100]
56 (43 reviews)[101]
A-[88]
Nominated, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score at the 60th Golden Globe Awards[102]

Casino Royale
2006
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
95% (246 reviews)[103]
80 (46 reviews)[104]
A-[88]
Nominated, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[105]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[106]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[106]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[106]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Production Design at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[106]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[106]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Editing at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[107]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[107]
Nominated, Anthony Asquith Award for achievement in Film Music at the 60th British Academy Film Awards[107]

Quantum of Solace
2008
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
65% (280 reviews)[108]
58 (48 reviews)[109]
B-[88]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards[110]
Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards[110]

Skyfall
2012
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
93% (347 reviews)[111]
81 (49 reviews)[112]
A[88]
Winner, Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 85th Academy Awards[113]
Winner, Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 85th Academy Awards[113]
Winner, Best Cinematography Award at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards[114]
Winner, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 70th Golden Globe Awards[115]
Winner, BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film at the 66th British Academy Film Awards[116]
Winner, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music at the 66th British Academy Film Awards[116]
Nominated, Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 85th Academy Awards[113]
Nominated, Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 85th Academy Awards[113]
Nominated, Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 85th Academy Awards[113]

Spectre
2015
Craig, DanielDaniel Craig
65% (307 reviews)[117]
60 (48 reviews)[118]
A-[119]
Winner, Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards


document_title: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films

question_text: when is the next avengers movie coming out after age of ultron

question_tokens: when is the next avengers movie coming out after age of ultron

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text: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films

text: Phase One[edit]

text:
Film[4]

U.S. release date

Director

Screenwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Iron Man

May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02)

Jon Favreau[5]

Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway[5][6]

Avi Arad and Kevin Feige

The Incredible Hulk

June 13, 2008 (2008-06-13)

Louis Leterrier[7]

Zak Penn[8]

Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd  and Kevin Feige

Iron Man 2

May 7, 2010 (2010-05-07)

Jon Favreau[9]

Justin Theroux[10]

Kevin Feige

Thor

May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)

Kenneth Branagh[11]

Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz and Don Payne[12]

Captain America: The First Avenger

July 22, 2011 (2011-07-22)

Joe Johnston[13]

Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[14]

Marvel's The Avengers

May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04)

Joss Whedon[15]

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text: Iron Man (2008)[edit]

text: Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark builds himself a suit of armor after he is taken captive by a terrorist organization. Free from his captors, he decides to upgrade and don his armor in order to hunt down weapons that were sold under the table.[17]

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text: In April 2006, Marvel hired Jon Favreau to direct Iron Man,[5] with the writing teams of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby writing competing scripts.[5][18] Favreau consolidated both into one script, which was then polished by John August.[6] Robert Downey, Jr. was cast in the title role in September 2006, after growing out a goatee and working out to convince the filmmakers he was right for the part.[19] Principal photography began on March 12, 2007,[20] with the first few weeks spent on Stark's captivity in Afghanistan,[21] which was filmed in Inyo County, California.[22] Production also occurred on the former Hughes Company soundstages in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California,[23] with additional filming at Edwards Air Force Base[24] and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.[25] Iron Man premiered at the Greater Union theater in George Street, Sydney, on April 14, 2008,[26] and was released internationally on April 30, and in North America on May 2.[27][28]

text: The film ends with a post-credits scene featuring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, who approaches Stark regarding the "Avenger Initiative". Favreau said that he included the scene as "a little tip of the hat for the fans...a way to sort of tee up The Avengers." Jackson was only on set for a day, with a skeletal crew to avoid the news of his cameo leaking.[29] Captain America's shield is also visible in the background of a scene; it was added by an ILM artist as a joke, and Favreau decided to leave it in the film.[30]

text: The Incredible Hulk (2008)[edit]

text: After being exposed to gamma radiation that causes him to transform into the monstrous Hulk, scientist Bruce Banner goes on the run and isolates himself from his love, Betty Ross. Hunted by the military, Banner seeks to cure himself and prevent his condition from being weaponized.[31]

text: In January 2006,[32] Marvel reclaimed the film rights for the Hulk character from Universal Pictures after Universal failed to meet a deadline to develop a sequel to director Ang Lee's 2003 film Hulk.[33] Universal retained distribution rights for future Hulk films.[33] Instead of moving forward with a sequel, Marvel hired Louis Leterrier to direct The Incredible Hulk, a reboot.[7] Leterrier initially turned down the job out of respect for Lee, but later reconsidered and signed on.[7] The script was written by Zak Penn, who drafted a treatment for the 2003 film.[34] In April 2006, Edward Norton entered negotiations to portray Bruce Banner and rewrite Penn's script,[35] although Penn received sole credit for the screenplay.[8] Production began on July 9, 2007 and filming primarily took place in Toronto,[36] with additional filming in New York City and Rio de Janeiro.[37] The film premiered at the Gibson Amphitheatre on June 8, 2008, and was released on June 13.[38][39]

text: The film takes place simultaneously with the events of Iron Man 2 and Thor,[40] the former of which is set six months after the events of Iron Man.[41] Downey briefly reprised his role from Iron Man as Tony Stark in a cameo appearance at the end of the film. Downey said that the filmmakers "were just cross-pollinating our superheroes. It happens to be a scene where I basically approach [actor William Hurt's character General Ross], and we may be considering going into some sort of limited partnership together. The great thing is he—and I don't want to give too much away—but he's in disrepair at the time I find him. It was really fun seeing him play this really powerful character who's half in the bag."[42] In addition, Captain America is briefly seen frozen in ice in an alternate opening of the film, included in the DVD release.[43]

text: Iron Man 2 (2010)[edit]

text: After Tony Stark reveals himself to be Iron Man, the U.S. government demands he hand over his technology. Meanwhile, a rival industrialist and a Russian scientist conspire to use his own technology against him.[44]

text: Immediately following the successful release of Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel Studios announced it was developing a sequel, Iron Man 2.[45] Favreau returned as director[9] and Justin Theroux was hired to write the screenplay, which would be based on an original story by Favreau and Downey.[10] In October 2008, Downey signed a new four-picture deal, that retroactively included the first film, to reprise his role and Don Cheadle was hired to replace Terrence Howard as James Rhodes.[46][47] Jackson signed on to reprise his role as Nick Fury from the Iron Man post-credits sequence in up to nine films,[48] and Scarlett Johansson was cast as the Black Widow, as part of a multi-film commitment.[49] Principal photography began April 6, 2009,[50] at the Pasadena Masonic Temple in Pasadena, California.[51] The majority of filming took place at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California.[52] Other locations included Edwards Air Force Base,[53] Monaco,[54] and the Sepulveda Dam.[52] Iron Man 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 26, 2010,[55] and was released internationally between April 28 and May 7 before releasing in North America on May 7.[56]

text: The film is set six months after the events of Iron Man,[41] and takes place simultaneously with the events of The Incredible Hulk and Thor.[40] The filmmakers continued to refer to other Marvel films by again including Captain America's shield. Favreau explained, "We introduced Captain America's shield briefly in one shot in the last film. So now it really was in his room, so we had to figure out how to deal with the reality that the shield was in his workshop."[30] A scene toward the end of Iron Man 2 in a S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house contains several Easter eggs, ranging from footage from The Incredible Hulk displayed on a monitor to pointers on a map indicating several locales related to other Marvel films, including one pointing toward a region of Africa in reference to the Black Panther.[57] A young Peter Parker appears as the child wearing an Iron Man mask whom Stark saves from a drone; the appearance was confirmed in June 2017 by Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, Kevin Feige and Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts.[58][59] The film's post-credits scene showed the discovery of Thor's hammer in a crater.[60]

text: Thor (2011)[edit]

text: Thor, crown prince of Asgard, is banished to Earth and stripped of his powers after he reignites a dormant war. As his brother, Loki, plots to take the throne for himself, Thor must prove himself worthy and reclaim his hammer Mjölnir.[61]

text: Mark Protosevich was hired to develop a script for Thor in April 2006, after the rights were acquired from Sony Pictures.[5] In August 2007 Marvel hired Matthew Vaughn to direct the film,[62] however he exited the project in May 2008.[63] In September 2008, Kenneth Branagh entered into negotiations to replace Vaughn.[11] In May 2009, Chris Hemsworth was in negotiations to portray the titular character,[64] and Tom Hiddleston was set to play his brother, Loki.[65] Both actors were contracted to star in several films.[66] Marvel hired the writing team of Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz to write a new script for the film, which was then rewritten by Don Payne.[12] Production began on January 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California,[67] before moving to Galisteo, New Mexico in March.[68] Thor had its world premiere on April 17, 2011 at the Event Cinemas theatre in George Street, Sydney[69] and a U.S. premiere on May 2 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California.[70] The film was released internationally from April 21 to 30, and on May 6 in North America.[71]

text: The film takes place simultaneously with the events of The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2,[40] the latter of which is set six months after the events of Iron Man.[41] Clark Gregg, who appeared in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, reprised the role in Thor. About his role in Thor he stated, "Agent Coulson was one of the guys who wasn't really in the comic books, and he [had] a very kind of small role in Iron Man. And I was just very lucky that they chose to expand that character and [chose] to put him more into the universe of it."[72] After signing on to appear as Clint Barton / Hawkeye in The Avengers, Jeremy Renner made a cameo appearance as the character during a scene in Thor.[73] Branagh said that they "were always going to have a guy in a basket above the action where Thor breaks in the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp", and that he was thrilled when the producers told him they wanted to use Renner's Hawkeye for that role.[74] The film ends with a post-credits scene featuring Loki, watching as Erik Selvig and Nick Fury discuss the Tesseract.[75] The scene was directed by Joss Whedon, who directed The Avengers.[76] Stellan Skarsgård, who played Selvig, said the scene was not included when he first read the screenplay for Thor, and that he was sent pages for the scene after agreeing to appear in The Avengers.[77]

text: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)[edit]

text: In 1942, Steve Rogers is deemed physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight the Nazis in World War II. Recruited for a secret military operation, he is physically transformed into a super-soldier dubbed Captain America and must battle the Red Skull, head of a Nazi science division known as Hydra.[78]

text: In April 2006, Marvel hired David Self to write the script for a Captain America film.[5] Joe Johnston signed on to direct in November 2008,[13] and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely were hired to rewrite the script.[14] In March 2010, Chris Evans was cast as Captain America and Hugo Weaving was cast as the Red Skull.[79] Production began on June 28, 2010 in the United Kingdom,[80] with locations in London,[81] Caerwent,[82] Manchester and Liverpool.[83] The film premiered on July 19, 2011, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California,[84] and was released in North America on July 22, and in international markets starting July 27.[85]

text: The Tesseract from the Thor post-credits scene appears as a MacGuffin in Captain America: The First Avenger.[86] In the film, Dominic Cooper portrays a young Howard Stark, the father of Tony Stark,[87] who hosts an early version of the Stark Expo, the fair Tony hosts in Iron Man 2.[88] The final scene of the film includes a brief appearance by Jackson's Nick Fury followed by a teaser trailer for Marvel's The Avengers after the credits.[89]

text: Marvel's The Avengers (2012)[edit]

text: Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., gathers the superheroes Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye to fight Thor's brother Loki, who plots to subjugate the Earth.[90]

text: Zak Penn, who wrote The Incredible Hulk, was hired to write a script for The Avengers in June 2007.[91] In April 2010, Joss Whedon closed a deal to direct the film, and to rework Penn's script.[15] Marvel announced that Edward Norton would not be reprising the role of Bruce Banner / Hulk,[92] and in July 2010, Mark Ruffalo was cast in his place.[93] Downey, Evans, Hemsworth, Johansson, Renner, Hiddleston and Jackson reprised their respective roles from previous films.[94] Principal photography began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico,[90] before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August,[95] and New York City in September.[96] The premiere was held on April 11, 2012 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California,[97] and the film was released in North America on May 4.[98]

text: Gwyneth Paltrow, who portrayed Pepper Potts in Iron Man and Iron Man 2, was included in the film at Downey's insistence. Prior to this, Whedon had not intended the film to include supporting characters from the heroes' individual films, commenting, "You need to separate the characters from their support systems in order to create the isolation you need for a team."[99] Avi Arad said that Sony Pictures and Disney discussed incorporating the OsCorp Tower from The Amazing Spider-Man into the climax of The Avengers,[100] but Feige said that "the deal was never close to happening."[101] The supervillain Thanos appears in a mid-credits scene, portrayed by Damion Poitier.[102]

text: Phase Two[edit]

text:
Film[4]

U.S. release date

Director(s)

Screenwriter(s)

Producer

Iron Man 3

May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03)

Shane Black[103]

Drew Pearce and Shane Black[103][104]

Kevin Feige

Thor: The Dark World

November 8, 2013 (2013-11-08)

Alan Taylor[105]

Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[106]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04)

Anthony and Joe Russo[107]

Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[108]

Guardians of the Galaxy

August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)

James Gunn[109]

James Gunn and Nicole Perlman[110]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

May 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)

Joss Whedon[111]

Ant-Man

July 17, 2015

Peyton Reed[112]

Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd[113]

text: Iron Man 3 (2013)[edit]

text: Tony Stark faces a powerful enemy, the Mandarin, who attacks and destroys his mansion. Left to his own devices and battling posttraumatic stress disorder, Stark struggles to get to the bottom of a series of mysterious explosions.[114]

text: In late 2010, Marvel and Disney announced that they were developing a third Iron Man film.[115] In February 2011, Marvel hired Shane Black to direct Iron Man 3.[116] Black co-wrote the film's script with Drew Pearce.[103][104] Downey, Paltrow, and Cheadle reprised their roles from Iron Man 2, while Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley joined the cast as Aldrich Killian and Trevor Slattery, respectively.[117] Filming began in May 2012, in North Carolina.[118] Additional filming took place in southern Florida,[119] China,[120] and Los Angeles.[121] Iron Man 3 premiered at Le Grand Rex in Paris, France on April 14, 2013 and at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on April 24.[122][123] The film was released internationally on April 25,[124] and in the United States on May 3.[115]

text: The film is set in December 2013,[125][126] after the events of The Avengers.[127] In the film Tony Stark experiences PTSD-like symptoms following the Battle of New York in The Avengers. Black explained, "that's an anxiety response to feeling inferior to The Avengers, but also to being humbled by sights he cannot possibly begin to understand or reconcile with the realities he's used to... There's a line in the movie about 'ever since that big guy with the hammer fell out of the sky, the rules have changed'. That's what we're dealing with here."[128] Bruce Banner appears in a post-credits scene, with Ruffalo reprising the role. About the scene, Ruffalo said "They were about to wrap the movie and I saw Robert [Downey, Jr.] at the Academy Awards... and he said, 'What do you think about coming and doing a day?' I said, 'Are you kidding me? Bang, let's do it!' We sort of spitballed that scene, then I came in and we shot for a couple of hours and laughed."[129]

text: Thor: The Dark World (2013)[edit]

text: Thor reunites with astrophysicist Jane Foster as a series of portals, linking worlds at random, begin to appear. He discovers that Malekith and his army of Dark Elves have returned after thousands of years, and they seek a powerful weapon known as the Aether. Thor must join forces with his now-imprisoned brother Loki to stop them.[106]

text: A sequel to Thor was first announced in June 2011, with Hemsworth reprising his role as Thor.[130] Hiddleston confirmed he would return as Loki in September,[131] and Alan Taylor signed on to direct the film in December.[105] The film's title was announced as Thor: The Dark World in July 2012 at the San Diego Comic-Con International,[132] and Christopher Eccleston was cast as Malekith a month later.[133] Production started in September 2012 in Bourne Wood, Surrey,[134] with additional filming taking place in Iceland and London.[135][136] The film premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on October 22, 2013.[137] It was internationally released on October 30, 2013 and on November 8, 2013 in North America.[138]

text: The film is set one year after the events of The Avengers.[139] Evans briefly makes a cameo appearance in the film as Captain America when Loki shapeshifts into him while mocking Thor.[140] Hiddleston wore the Captain America costume while standing in for Evans, before Evans came to shoot the scene. Hiddleston said, "I did an impression of Loki in the Captain America costume, and then they showed Chris [Evans] my performance on tape. It's him doing an impression of me doing an impression of him. And it's brilliant."[140] James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, directed the mid-credits scene that featured the Collector, played by Benicio del Toro. Asked about shooting the scene, Gunn said, "I got the script that morning, and I did it in two hours at the end of a day of second unit shooting [for Guardians of the Galaxy]."[141]

text: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)[edit]

text: Steve Rogers, now working with S.H.I.E.L.D., teams up with Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow and Sam Wilson / Falcon to expose a deep conspiracy which involves a mysterious assassin known only as the Winter Soldier.[142]

text: A sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger was announced in April 2012.[143] Anthony and Joe Russo were hired to direct in June,[107] and in July it was officially titled Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[132] Evans and Jackson were set to reprise their respective roles as Captain America and Nick Fury,[107] and Johansson would again play the Black Widow.[144] Sebastian Stan, who portrayed Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger, returned as the Winter Soldier.[145]  Production started in April 2013 in Manhattan Beach, California, and filming also took place in Washington, D.C. and Cleveland, Ohio.[146][147] The film premiered in Los Angeles on March 13, 2014.[148] Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released internationally on March 26[149] and in North America on April 4.[143]

text: The film is set two years after the events of The Avengers.[127] Stephen Strange, the alter-ego of the Marvel superhero Doctor Strange, is mentioned by name in the film by the character Jasper Sitwell.[150] A remodeled Stark Tower from The Avengers, now known as Avengers Tower, also makes an appearance in the film.[151] Whedon directed a post-credits scene featuring Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann), List (Henry Goodman), Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), who appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron.[152][153] The revelation in the film that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra informed the final six episodes of the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a television series set in the MCU.[154][155]

text: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)[edit]

text: Peter Quill / Star-Lord and a group of misfits, including Gamora, Rocket, Drax the Destroyer and Groot, fight to keep a powerful orb from the clutches of the villainous Ronan.[156][157][158]

text: Nicole Perlman began writing a screenplay in 2009.[159] Marvel Studios announced it was developing a Guardians of the Galaxy film in July 2012.[132] The film is directed by James Gunn, based on his and Perlman's screenplay.[109] In February 2013, Chris Pratt was cast in the lead role, as Peter Quill / Star-Lord.[160] The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and in London from July to October 2013,[161] and post-production work was completed on July 7, 2014.[162] The film premiered on July 21, 2014 in Hollywood.[163] Guardians of the Galaxy was released in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2014,[164] and in North America on August 1.[132]

text: The film is set in 2014.[165] Josh Brolin provides the voice and performance capture for Thanos,[166] the supervillain who appeared in The Avengers mid-credits scene. Gunn noted that the film would be connected to Avengers: Infinity War.[167] Several other objects of significance appear in the Collector's museum, including a Chitauri from The Avengers and a Dark Elf from Thor: The Dark World, among other characters. About their appearances Gunn said, "There's a lot of stuff in the Collector's Museum. And for me, it was mostly just really fun. As a Marvel fan, giving the actual fans something that they can freeze frame on their Blu-Ray at home and just kind of pick out everything that's in there. So there are, I mean, seriously all those boxes have something interesting in them, so it's pretty fun."[168] Ronan's race, the Kree, were first introduced in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "T.A.H.I.T.I.".[169][170]

text: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)[edit]

text: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye must work together as the Avengers to defeat Ultron, a technological enemy bent on human extinction, while encountering the powerful twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, as well as the new entity Vision.[171][172]

text: A sequel to The Avengers was announced by Disney in May 2012, shortly after the first film's release.[173] In August 2012, Joss Whedon was signed to return as writer and director.[111] In June 2013, Downey signed a deal to reprise the role of Iron Man for the second and third Avengers films.[174] On July 20, 2013, at San Diego Comic-Con International, Whedon announced that the subtitle of the film would be Age of Ultron.[175] In August 2013, James Spader was announced to portray Ultron.[176] Second unit filming began on February 11, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.[177][178] Principal photography began in March 2014 at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England,[174][179] with additional footage filmed at Fort Bard and various other locations in the Aosta Valley region of Italy,[180] and Seoul, South Korea.[181] Filming was completed on August 6, 2014.[182] Avengers: Age of Ultron had its world premiere in Los Angeles on April 13, 2015,[183] and was released internationally beginning April 22,[184] and on May 1 in North America.[185]

text: The film confirms that the gem in Loki's scepter is an Infinity Stone, specifically the Mind Stone, and Brolin reappears as Thanos in the mid-credit scene wielding an Infinity Gauntlet.[186] It also features references to Vibranium and Wakanda, both connections to Black Panther, introducing both to the universe ahead of Black Panther's solo film. Additionally, Andy Serkis portrays Ulysses Klaue in the film, traditionally a Black Panther antagonist.[187]

text: Ant-Man (2015)[edit]

text: Thief Scott Lang must aid his mentor Dr. Hank Pym in safeguarding the mystery of the Ant-Man technology, which allows its user to decrease in size but increase in strength, from various menaces and plot a heist to defend the Earth.[112]

text: Ant-Man is directed by Peyton Reed with a screenplay written by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, from a story by Wright & Cornish, that includes both Scott Lang and Hank Pym.[112][113] Edgar Wright was initially slated to direct and write the film, but left the project in May 2014 due to creative differences.[188][189] In January 2013, Feige stated that Ant-Man would be the first film in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[190] However, in October 2014, it was revealed that the film would be the last film of Phase Two.[191] Pre-production started in October 2013,[192] and principal photography took place from August to December 2014,[193] in San Francisco,[194] Fayette County, Georgia at Pinewood Atlanta,[195] and Downtown Atlanta.[196] In December 2013, Rudd was cast as Ant-Man,[197] followed in January 2014 with the casting of Michael Douglas as Pym and the confirmation of Rudd as Lang.[198] Ant-Man had its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 29, 2015,[199] and was released in France on July 14,[200] and in North America on July 17.[201]

text: The film is set several months after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron.[202] Scott Lang attempts to infiltrate the new Avengers headquarters in Upstate New York featured in Age of Ultron, and confronts Sam Wilson / Falcon, played by Anthony Mackie. McKay and Rudd decided to add Falcon to Ant-Man after watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[203] The Russo brothers filmed the post-credit scene, which was footage from Captain America: Civil War,[204][205] and features Mackie as Falcon, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier.[206]

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Film[4]

U.S. release date

Director(s)

Screenwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Captain America: Civil War

May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)

Anthony and Joe Russo[207]

Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[207]

Kevin Feige

Doctor Strange

November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)

Scott Derrickson[208]

Jon Spaihts and Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill[209]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)

James Gunn[110]

Spider-Man: Homecoming

July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)

Jon Watts[210]

Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley andJon Watts & Christopher Ford andChris McKenna & Erik Sommers[211]

Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Thor: Ragnarok

November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)

Taika Waititi[212]

Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost[213][214]

Kevin Feige

Black Panther

February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)

Ryan Coogler[215]

Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole[216][217]

Avengers: Infinity War

April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)

Anthony and Joe Russo[218]

Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[219]

Ant-Man and the Wasp

July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)

Peyton Reed[220]

Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers andPaul Rudd & Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari[221]

Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard

text: Captain America: Civil War (2016)[edit]

text: The Avengers become fractured into two opposing teams, one led by Captain America and another by Iron Man, after extensive collateral damage prompts politicians to pass an act regulating superhuman activity with government oversight and accountability for the Avengers while also facing against a new enemy, Helmut Zemo, who seeks revenge upon the Avengers.[222][223]

text: By January 2014, Anthony and Joe Russo had signed on to return to direct a third Captain America installment, which they confirmed in March 2014, with Chris Evans returning as Captain America, Feige returning to produce, and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely writing the screenplay.[224][207] In October 2014, the title was officially announced as Captain America: Civil War along with the reveal that Downey would appear in the film as Tony Stark / Iron Man.[225][226] The film is an adaptation from the "Civil War" storyline in the comics.[227] It is also the first film of Phase Three.[191][228][229] Filming began in April 2015 at Pinewood Atlanta,[230][231] and concluded in August 2015.[232] Captain America: Civil War had its premiere in Hollywood on April 12, 2016,[233] was released internationally beginning April 27,[234] and was released on May 6 in North America.[235]

text: The film is set one year after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron.[236] Captain America: Civil War introduces Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther to the MCU, who appear in solo films in 2017 and 2018, respectively.[237][238] William Hurt reprises his role as Thunderbolt Ross from The Incredible Hulk, and is now the US Secretary of State.[239] For the mid-credits scene, in which Black Panther offers Captain America and Bucky Barnes asylum in Wakanda, Joe and Anthony Russo received input from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler on the look and design of Wakanda.[240]

text: Doctor Strange (2016)[edit]

text: After Stephen Strange, the world's top neurosurgeon, is involved in a car accident that ruins his career, he sets out on a journey of healing, where he encounters the Ancient One, who teaches Strange the use of Mystic Arts and to defend the Earth from mystical threats.[241][242]

text: In June 2010, Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer were hired to write the screenplay for a film starring the character Doctor Strange.[243] In January 2013, Kevin Feige confirmed that Doctor Strange would be a part of their Phase Three slate of films.[244] In June 2014, Scott Derrickson was hired to direct.[208] In December 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch was cast in the eponymous role, and Jon Spaihts was confirmed to rewrite the script.[245][246] In December 2015, C. Robert Cargill revealed he was a co-writer on the film,[247] and the following April, revealed that Derrickson also wrote the script.[248] Pre-production began in June 2014,[249] with filming beginning in November 2015 in Nepal, before moving to Longcross Studios in the UK later in the month.[250][251] Filming concluded in New York City in April 2016.[252][253] Doctor Strange had its premiere in Hong Kong on October 13, 2016,[254] and was released in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2016,[255] and on November 4 in the United States.[226]

text: Derrickson stated that the events of the film take "roughly" a year, ending "up to date with the rest of the MCU". Doctor Strange introduces the Eye of Agamotto, a mystical relic that can manipulate time and is revealed to be an Infinity Stone at the end of the film,[256] specifically the Time Stone.[257] The film's mid-credits scene features a cameo appearance by Hemsworth as Thor, meeting with Strange, which was footage from Thor: Ragnarok. The scene was directed by Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.[257]

text: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)[edit]

text: The Guardians of the Galaxy travel throughout the cosmos and struggle to keep their newfound family together while helping Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage and facing against new enemies.[258]

text: In July 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy co-writer Nicole Perlman confirmed that Gunn would return to write and direct the sequel.[110][259] Chris Pratt returns for the sequel as Peter Quill / Star-Lord,[260][261] along with the other Guardians from the first film as well as additional cast members.[261] They are joined by Pom Klementieff as Mantis,[262][261] and Kurt Russell as Ego.[261][263] In June 2015, the film's title was revealed as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[264] Filming began in February 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta,[265][266] and concluded in June 2016.[267] Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 premiered in Tokyo on April 10, 2017,[268] and was released on May 5, 2017.[226]

text: The film is set two-to-three months after the events of Guardians of the Galaxy,[269][270] in 2014.[165] One of the film's post-credit sequences hints at the introduction of Adam Warlock,[271] after Gunn originally intended for Warlock to make a full appearance in Vol. 2. He noted that Warlock could appear in future Guardians films, and is considered "a pretty important part" of the cosmic side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[272] The Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum, is seen dancing in the end credits, before his appearance in Thor: Ragnarok.[273]

text: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)[edit]

text: Peter Parker tries to balance being the hero Spider-Man with his high school life under guidance of Tony Stark as he deals with the threat of the Vulture.[274][275]

text: On February 9, 2015, Sony Pictures and Marvel announced that Sony would be releasing a Spider-Man film co-produced by Marvel Studios president Feige and Amy Pascal, with Sony Pictures continuing to own, finance, distribute, and have final creative control of the Spider-Man films.[3] In April 2015, Feige confirmed the character would be Peter Parker and added that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014, when they announced their full slate of Phase Three films, saying, "Marvel doesn't announce anything officially until it's set in stone. So we went forward with that Plan A in October, with the Plan B being, if [the deal] were to happen with Sony, how it would all shift. We've been thinking about [the Spider-Man film] as long as we've been thinking about Phase Three."[276] In June 2015, Tom Holland was cast in the role of Spider-Man and Jon Watts was hired to direct the film,[210] and the next month, John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein were hired to write the screenplay.[277] Additional screenwriters include Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers.[211] In April 2016, the title was revealed to be Spider-Man: Homecoming.[278] Production began in June 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta,[279][280] and concluded in October 2016.[281] Spider-Man: Homecoming premiered on June 28, 2017 in Hollywood,[282] and was released in the United Kingdom on July 5,[283] and the United States on July 7, 2017.[284]

text: The film is set several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War,[285] which is eight years after the events of The Avengers.[286] In April 2016, Feige confirmed that characters from previous MCU films would appear in the film,[287] with Robert Downey Jr. confirmed to reprise his role as Tony Stark / Iron Man shortly thereafter.[288] Favreau, Paltrow, and Evans also reprise their roles as Happy Hogan,[289] Pepper Potts,[290] and Steve Rogers / Captain America, respectively.[291] The clean-up crew Damage Control appear in the film (after previously being referenced in Iron Man and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) ahead of an intended television series about them.[292][293][294] Various weaponry and artifacts from previous films are referenced throughout the film that Toomes and his crew repurpose for their weapons. In Parker's high school, one of his classes has a lesson about the Sokovia Accords,[295] and portraits of Bruce Banner, Howard Stark and Abraham Erskine are seen within the school.[296]

text: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)[edit]

text: Thor, trapped on another world without Mjölnir, must survive a gladiatorial duel against the Hulk and return to Asgard in time to stop the villainous Hela and the impending Ragnarök.[297]

text: In January 2014, Marvel announced that a third Thor film was in development, with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost writing the screenplay,[298] and was officially announced as Thor: Ragnarok in October 2014.[226] By October 2015, Taika Waititi entered in negotiations to direct Thor: Ragnarok.[299][212] In December 2015, Stephany Folsom was hired to rewrite the script.[300] A year later, in January 2017, it was revealed that Eric Pearson wrote the screenplay, with Kyle, Yost and Folsom receiving story credit.[297] Pearson, Kyle and Yost would ultimately receive screenwriting credit for the film.[213][214] Hemsworth, Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins reprise their roles as Thor, Loki, Heimdall and Odin, respectively, and are joined by Cate Blanchett as Hela.[301] Production began in July 2016 in Australia at Village Roadshow Studios,[302][303] and wrapped in late October 2016.[304] Thor: Ragnarok premiered in Los Angeles on October 10, 2017,[305] began its international release on October 24, 2017 in the United Kingdom,[306] and was released on November 3, 2017 in the United States.[307]

text: The film is set four years after the events of Thor: The Dark World, two years after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron,[308][309] and around the same time period as Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Producer Brad Winderbaum noted that "Things happen on top of each other now in Phase Three. They're not as interlocked as they were in Phase One."[310] Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Cumberbatch appear in the film as Bruce Banner / Hulk and Doctor Stephen Strange, respectively.[301][257] The film reveals that the Infinity Gauntlet first seen in Odin's vault in Thor was a fake,[311] while also introducing Thanos' ship Sanctuary II in a post-credits scene.[312]

text: Black Panther (2018)[edit]

text: T'Challa returns home as sovereign of the nation of Wakanda only to find his dual role of king and protector challenged by a long-time adversary in a conflict that has global consequences.[313]

text: Documentary filmmaker Mark Bailey was hired to write a script for Black Panther in January 2011.[314] In October 2014, the film was announced and Chadwick Boseman was revealed to be portraying T'Challa / Black Panther.[226][238] In January 2016, Ryan Coogler was announced as director,[215] and the following month, Joe Robert Cole was confirmed as the film's screenwriter.[216] In April 2016, Feige confirmed that Coogler was a co-screenwriter.[217] Filming began in January 2017 at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Atlanta,[315][316] and concluded in April 2017.[317] Black Panther premiered in Los Angeles on January 29, 2018,[318] and began its international release on February 13, 2018,[319] and was released on February 16, 2018 in the United States.[320] The film also had a "cross-nation release" in Africa, a first for a Disney film.[321][322]

text: The film is set one week after the events of Captain America: Civil War.[313] Florence Kasumba,[323] Serkis, Martin Freeman, and John Kani reprise their roles as Ayo, Ulysses Klaue, Everett K. Ross and T'Chaka respectively from previous MCU films.[313] The film's post-credits scene features a cameo appearance by Sebastian Stan, reprising his role as Bucky Barnes.[324]

text: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)[edit]

text: The Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to try to stop Thanos from collecting all of the Infinity Stones.[325]

text: The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1.[226] In April 2015, Marvel announced that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct the film and in May, that Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely would write the screenplay.[218][219] In July 2016, Marvel revealed the title would be shortened to simply Avengers: Infinity War.[326] Brolin reprises his role as Thanos,[327][328] and is part of an ensemble cast featuring many actors who have appeared in other MCU films. Filming for Infinity War began in January 2017 in Atlanta,[315][329] and lasted until July 2017.[330] Additional filming also took place in Scotland.[331] Avengers: Infinity War premiered in Los Angeles on April 23, 2018.[332] It was released worldwide on April 27, 2018, with a few debuts beginning as early as April 25 in a handful of countries.[333]

text: The film is set two years after the events of Captain America: Civil War.[334] Marvel had been planting the seeds for Infinity War since their early films, by introducing the Infinity Stones as MacGuffins: the Tesseract / Space Stone in Captain America: The First Avenger, Loki's Scepter / Mind Stone in The Avengers, the Aether / Reality Stone in Thor: The Dark World, the Orb / Power Stone in Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Eye of Agamotto / Time Stone in Doctor Strange.[257] Additionally, Thanos is shown holding an empty Infinity Gauntlet in Avengers: Age of Ultron.[186] The Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger appears in the film, played by Ross Marquand instead of Hugo Weaving, and is the keeper of the final Infinity Stone, the Soul Stone.[335] The post-credits scene features Nick Fury transmitting a distress signal on a device, which has the insignia of Captain Marvel.[336]

text: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)[edit]

text: Scott Lang tries to balance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, when Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym present him with a new mission, requiring him to team up with Van Dyne as the Wasp.[221]

text: Ant-Man and the Wasp was announced in October 2015.[320] Peyton Reed confirmed that he would return to direct in November 2015, and that Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly would reprise their roles as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp, respectively.[220] In December 2015, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, and Rudd were confirmed to write the screenplay,[337] with Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed to have also contributed to the script in August 2017.[221] In February 2017, Michael Douglas confirmed he would reprise his role as Hank Pym in the film.[338] Michelle Pfeiffer was revealed as having been cast as Janet van Dyne in July 2017.[339] Filming began in August 2017 in Atlanta with additional filming in San Francisco,[221] and ended in November 2017.[340] Stephen Broussard also served as a producer on the film.[341] Ant-Man and the Wasp had its premiere in Hollywood on June 25, 2018,[342] and was released in the United States on July 6, 2018.[320]

text: The film is set two years after the events of Captain America: Civil War and before the events of Avengers: Infinity War.[343][344] In the mid-credits scene, Hank Pym, Hope van Dyne and Janet van Dyne are disintegrated as a result of the events of Avengers: Infinity War.[345]

text: Recurring cast and characters[edit]

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Character

Ant-Man films

Avengers films

Black Panther

Captain America films

Captain Marvel

Doctor Strange

Guardians of the Galaxy films

The Incredible Hulk

Iron Man films

Spider-Man films

Thor films

Bruce BannerHulk

Mark Ruffalo[93]

Edward Norton[35]Lou FerrignoV[346]

Mark Ruffalo[129]

Mark Ruffalo[347]

James "Bucky" BarnesWinter Soldier

Sebastian Stan[206][348][324][349]

Clint BartonHawkeye

Jeremy Renner[94]

Jeremy Renner[350]

Jeremy Renner[73]

Peggy Carter

Hayley Atwell[351][352]

Hayley Atwell[349]

Phil Coulson

Clark Gregg[94]

Clark Gregg[353]

Clark Gregg[72]

Clark Gregg[72]

Drax the Destroyer

Dave Bautista[354]

Dave Bautista[261]

Nick Fury

Samuel L. Jackson[355]

Samuel L. Jackson[355][356]

Samuel L. Jackson[29]

Samuel L. Jackson[355]

Gamora

Zoe Saldana[357]

Zoe Saldana[261]

Groot

Vin DieselV[358]

Vin DieselV[261]

Heimdall

Idris Elba[359]

Idris Elba[360]

Maria Hill

Cobie Smulders[361]

Cobie Smulders[362]

Harold "Happy" Hogan

Jon Favreau[363]

Jon Favreau[364][289]

Korath

Djimon Hounsou[353]

Djimon Hounsou[109]

Scott LangAnt-Man

Paul Rudd[365][366]

Paul Rudd[222]

Loki

Tom Hiddleston[367]

Tom Hiddleston[65]

Mantis

Pom Klementieff[368]

Pom Klementieff[369]

Wanda MaximoffScarlet Witch

Elizabeth Olsen[370]

Elizabeth Olsen[153]

Nebula

Karen Gillan[371]

Karen Gillan[261]

Okoye

Danai Gurira[372][373]

Peter ParkerSpider-Man

Tom Holland[374]

Tom Holland[237]

Max Favreau[a]

Tom Holland[210]

Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Gwyneth Paltrow[99]

Gwyneth Paltrow[375][290]

Peter QuillStar-Lord

Chris Pratt[376]

Chris Pratt[160]

James "Rhodey" RhodesWar Machine / Iron Patriot

Don Cheadle[377]

Don Cheadle[222]

Terrence Howard[375]Don Cheadle[378]

Rocket

Bradley CooperV[379]

Bradley CooperV[261]

Steve RogersCaptain America

Chris Evans[206][79]

Chris Evans[79]

Chris Evans[291][140]

Natasha RomanoffBlack Widow

Scarlett Johansson[49]

Scarlett Johansson[144]

Scarlett Johansson[49]

Ronan the Accuser

Lee Pace[353]

Lee Pace[109]

Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

William Hurt[380]

William Hurt[222]

William Hurt[346]

Erik Selvig

Stellan Skarsgård[77]

Stellan Skarsgård[77]

Shuri

Letitia Wright[381][382]

Tony StarkIron Man

Robert Downey, Jr.[46]

Robert Downey, Jr.[225]

Robert Downey, Jr.[225][42][19][288]

Stephen Strange

Benedict Cumberbatch[383]

Benedict Cumberbatch[245]

Benedict Cumberbatch[257]

T'ChallaBlack Panther

Chadwick Boseman[238][384]

Thor

Chris Hemsworth[94]

Chris Hemsworth[257]

Chris Hemsworth[64]

Taneleer TivanThe Collector

Benicio del Toro[385]

Benicio del Toro[109]

Benicio del Toro[141]

Hope van DyneWasp

Evangeline Lilly[386][387]

Vision

Paul Bettany[388]

Paul Bettany[222]

Sam WilsonFalcon

Anthony Mackie[389][390]

Anthony Mackie[391]

Wong

Benedict Wong[392]

Benedict Wong[393]

text: Jump up ^ In June 2017 several interviews with Holland, Watts, and Feige revealed that the child whom Tony Stark saves from a drone in Iron Man 2 is Peter Parker.[59]

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text: In June 2012, Marvel announced a 10-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled", for release on September 25, 2012. The box set includes all six of the Phase One films—Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Marvel's The Avengers—on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D, in a replica of Nick Fury's briefcase from The Avengers.[394] In August 2012, luggage company Rimowa GmbH, who developed the briefcase for The Avengers, filed suit against Marvel Studios and Buena Vista Home Entertainment in U.S. federal court, complaining that "Marvel did not obtain any license or authorization from Rimowa to make replica copies of the cases for any purpose."[395] The set was delayed to early 2013 for the packaging to be redesigned.[396] The box set, with a redesigned case, was released on April 2, 2013. In addition, the box set included a featurette on the then-upcoming Phase Two films, showing footage and concept art, as well as previously unreleased deleted scenes from all of the Phase One films.[397]

text: In July 2015, Marvel announced a 13-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection", for release on December 8, 2015, exclusive to Amazon.com. The box set includes all six of the Phase Two films—Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man—on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and a digital copy, in a replica of the Orb from Guardians of the Galaxy, plus a bonus disc and exclusive memorabilia. Material on the bonus disc includes all of the Marvel One-Shots with commentary, deleted scenes and pre-production creative features for each of the films, featurettes on the making of the post-credit scenes for the films, and first looks at Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[398][399]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office performance[edit]

text:
Film

U.S. release date

Box office gross

All-time Ranking

Budget

Ref(s)

U.S. and Canada

Other territories

Worldwide

U.S. and Canada

Worldwide

Iron Man

May 2, 2008

$318,412,101

$266,762,121

$585,174,222

63

150

$140 million

[400]

The Incredible Hulk

June 13, 2008

$134,806,913

$128,620,638

$263,427,551

415

520

$150 million

[401]

Iron Man 2

May 7, 2010

$312,433,331

$311,500,000

$623,933,331

69

132

$200 million

[402]

Thor

May 6, 2011

$181,030,624

$268,295,994

$449,326,618

236

227

$150 million

[403]

Captain America: The First Avenger

July 22, 2011

$176,654,505

$193,915,269

$370,569,774

252

306

$140–216.7 million

[404]

Marvel's The Avengers

May 4, 2012

$623,357,910

$895,455,078

$1,518,812,988

7

6

$220 million

[405]

Iron Man 3

May 3, 2013

$409,013,994

$805,797,258

$1,214,811,252

25

15

$178.4 million

[406][407]

Thor: The Dark World

November 8, 2013

$206,362,140

$438,209,262

$644,571,402

185

123

$152.7 million

[408][407]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

April 4, 2014

$259,766,572

$454,497,695

$714,264,267

107

100

$177 million

[409][410]

Guardians of the Galaxy

August 1, 2014

$333,176,600

$440,152,029

$773,328,629

56

84

$195.9 million

[411][412]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

May 1, 2015

$459,005,868

$946,397,826

$1,405,403,694

16

8

$365.5 million

[413][414]

Ant-Man

July 17, 2015

$180,202,163

$339,109,802

$519,311,965

238

185

$109.3 million

[415][414]

Captain America: Civil War

May 6, 2016

$408,084,349

$745,220,146

$1,153,304,495

26

17

$250 million

[416]

Doctor Strange

November 4, 2016

$232,641,920

$445,076,475

$677,718,395

142

112

$165–236.6 million

[417][418]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

May 5, 2017

$389,813,101

$473,942,950

$863,756,051

33

62

$200 million

[419]

Spider-Man: Homecoming

July 7, 2017

$334,201,140

$545,965,784

$880,166,924

54

54

$175 million

[420]

Thor: Ragnarok

November 3, 2017

$315,058,289

$538,918,837

$853,977,126

67

65

$180 million

[421]

Black Panther

February 16, 2018

$699,900,993

$646,653,304

$1,346,554,297

3

9

$200–210 million

[422][423]

Avengers: Infinity War

April 27, 2018

$675,991,437

$1,365,088,563

$2,041,080,000

4

4

$316–400 million

[424][425]

Ant-Man and the Wasp

July 6, 2018

$132,825,225

$150,900,000

$283,725,739

426

480

$162 million

[426][427]

Total

$7009678273917500000♠6,782,739,175

$7010103354705450000♠10,335,470,545

$7010171831097200000♠17,183,109,720

1

1

$3.827–4.069 billion

[428][429]

text: Critical response[edit]

text:
Film

Rotten Tomatoes

Metacritic

Iron Man

94% (268 reviews)[430]

79 (38 reviews)[431]

The Incredible Hulk

67% (225 reviews)[432]

61 (38 reviews)[433]

Iron Man 2

73% (280 reviews)[434]

57 (40 reviews)[435]

Thor

77% (272 reviews)[436]

57 (40 reviews)[437]

Captain America: The First Avenger

79% (253 reviews)[438]

66 (43 reviews)[439]

Marvel's The Avengers

92% (330 reviews)[440]

69 (43 reviews)[441]

Iron Man 3

80% (300 reviews)[442]

62 (44 reviews)[443]

Thor: The Dark World

66% (256 reviews)[444]

54 (44 reviews)[445]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

89% (276 reviews)[446]

70 (47 reviews)[447]

Guardians of the Galaxy

91% (299 reviews)[448]

76 (53 reviews)[449]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

75% (329 reviews)[450]

66 (49 reviews)[451]

Ant-Man

82% (290 reviews)[452]

64 (44 reviews)[453]

Captain America: Civil War

91% (364 reviews)[454]

75 (53 reviews)[455]

Doctor Strange

89% (314 reviews)[456]

72 (49 reviews)[457]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

83% (343 reviews)[458]

67 (48 reviews)[459]

Spider-Man: Homecoming

92% (317 reviews)[460]

73 (51 reviews)[461]

Thor: Ragnarok

92% (335 reviews)[462]

74 (51 reviews)[463]

Black Panther

97% (378 reviews)[464]

88 (55 reviews)[465]

Avengers: Infinity War

83% (338 reviews)[466]

68 (53 reviews)[467]

Ant-Man and the Wasp

86% (240 reviews)[468]

70 (51 reviews)[469]

Average

84%

68

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Film

U.S. release date

Director(s)

Screenwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Status

Phase Three[4]

Captain Marvel

March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08)[320]

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck[470]

Meg LeFauve and Nicole Perlman andGeneva Robertson-Dworet andLiz Flahive & Carly Mensch andAnna Boden & Ryan Fleck[471]

Kevin Feige

Post-production

Untitled Avengers film

May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)[226]

Anthony and Joe Russo[218]

Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely[219]

Post-Phase Three

Spider-Man: Far From Home

July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)[472]

Jon Watts[473]

Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers[474]

Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Filming

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2020 (2020)[475]

James Gunn[476]

Kevin Feige

In development

text: Captain Marvel (2019)[edit]

text: Carol Danvers becomes Captain Marvel, one of the galaxy's strongest heroes, after the Earth is caught in the center of an intergalactic conflict between two alien worlds.[471]

text: In May 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Marvel had a working script for Ms. Marvel.[477] In October 2014, Marvel announced the film would be titled Captain Marvel and feature Carol Danvers.[226] In April 2015, Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve were announced as screenwriters.[478] At the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, Brie Larson was confirmed to play the role of Carol Danvers.[479] In April 2017, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were hired to direct.[470] That August, Geneva Robertson-Dworet was revealed to be taking over as the film's screenwriter, replacing Perlman and LeFauve.[480] Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch, Boden and Ryan Fleck are also credited as screenwriters on the film.[471] Location filming occurred in January 2018,[481][482] while principal photography began in March in Los Angeles[483] and concluded in July.[484] The film is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2019.[320]

text: The film is set in the 1990s.[485] Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, and Clark Gregg reprise their roles as Nick Fury, Korath, Ronan the Accuser, and Phil Coulson, respectively,[356][353] while the Skrull species are introduced to the MCU.[485]

text: Untitled Avengers film (2019)[edit]

text: The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2.[226] In April 2015, it was revealed that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct the film and in May, that Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely would write the screenplay.[218][219] In July 2016, Marvel revealed the title would be changed, being known simply at that time as the Untitled Avengers film.[326] Brolin reprises his role as Thanos,[327][328] and is part of an ensemble cast featuring many actors who have appeared in other MCU films. Filming began in August 2017 in Atlanta,[486] and ended in January 2018.[487] The film is scheduled to be released on May 3, 2019.[226]

text: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)[edit]

text: In December 2016, Sony Pictures scheduled a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming for release on July 5, 2019.[472] A year later, Watts was confirmed to be returning to direct the film.[473] Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, two of the writers of the first film, return to write the script.[474] Holland revealed the film's title as Spider-Man: Far From Home in late June 2018.[488] Filming began in July 2018, in England,[489] with filming occurring in Hertfordshire and London,[489][490] and will last until December 2018.[491]

text: The film is set after the untitled Avengers film.[492]

text: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2020)[edit]

text: In April 2016, Kevin Feige stated that "Guardians 3 is [one film that's] up there" being considered for release beyond 2019.[493] In March 2017, Gunn stated that a third Guardians film would happen "for sure",[494] and the following month confirmed he would return to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.[476] Filming is set to begin in January 2019.[495] The film is scheduled to be released in 2020.[475]

text: The film is set after the untitled Avengers film.[476]

text: Other potential projects[edit]

text: Disney has scheduled multiple release dates for untitled Marvel Studios films. These include: May 1, July 31, and November 6, 2020;[320][496][497][498] February 12, May 7, and November 5, 2021;[499][498] and February 18, May 6, and July 29, 2022.[498] In October 2016, Feige said it was a combination of knowing what films would occupy the 2020 dates and allowing some flexibility, saying, "We know what [films] we'd like them to be for 2020. Over the years, where we're aiming we've been lucky enough that it's usually been the same thing but we always leave ourselves the opportunity to bob and weave and adapt if we have to. But we know where we're headed for 2020 and we have ideas and we're beginning to solidify the years beyond that."[500] Feige and Marvel have additional storylines planned through 2028,[501] resulting in 20 films "on the docket that are completely different from anything that's come before—intentionally."[502]

text: In October 2014, in terms of Phase Four films, Feige said, for the time being, "We're not going to talk specifically about the story of any of those films, the plot of any of those films, what happens to any of the characters in any of those films. In fact, even to talk about any of those characters – who will be involved in those movies – will be a bit of a spoiler as to what may or may not happen to them in earlier movies."[191] In April 2016, Feige added, "We're only working on what's been announced through the end of 2019. And it is still a big chess board for 2020 and beyond."[493] A year later, Feige noted, "We have an idea [of what the MCU looks like post-Infinity War], and it's gonna be very, very different", but cautioned that Marvel would not be "actively discussing anything past untitled Avengers" besides dating the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and that James Gunn would be working on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He also was not sure if Marvel would continue to group the films in phases once Phase Three concluded, that "it might be a new thing".[497] Feige noted Marvel hoped to reveal additional films after the release of the untitled Avengers film.[503] A second sequel to Homecoming is also planned.[504]

text: In February 2014, Feige stated that after exploring Black Widow's past in Age of Ultron, he would like to see it explored further in a solo film.[505] Marvel has done some development work for the potential film, including a "pretty in depth" treatment by Nicole Perlman,[505][506] and by May 2016, Feige stated that Marvel was "creatively and emotionally" committed to creating the solo film.[507] By January 2018, Jac Schaeffer was hired to write the script for the potential film.[508] That July, Cate Shortland was hired to direct, with Johansson reprising her role as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow.[509]

text: By April 2018, Marvel had met with multiple screenwriters, to craft a film based on the Eternals, with a focus on the character Sersi. Feige stated that a film based on the group was "one of many many many things that we are actively beginning to have creative discussions about to see if we believe in them enough to put them on a slate."[510] A month later, Matthew and Ryan Firpo were hired to write the script for the project.[511]

text: In May 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Marvel had a working script for Blade.[477] In July 2015, Wesley Snipes, who played Blade in three films before the character's rights reverted to Marvel, stated that he had discussions with Marvel to reprise the role.[512]

text: Repurposed projects[edit]

text: A film based on the Runaways went through a number of iterations. Brian K. Vaughan was originally hired to write a screenplay based on the property in May 2008.[513] In April 2010, Marvel hired Peter Sollett to direct the film,[514] and Drew Pearce was hired to write a script in May.[515] The following October, development on the film was put on hold,[516] with Pearce revealing in September 2013 that the Runaways film had been shelved in favor of The Avengers, with the earliest it could release being Phase Three.[517] In October 2014, after announcing all of Marvel's Phase Three films without Runaways, Feige stated the project was "still an awesome script that exists in our script vault", adding, "We'd love to do something with Runaways some day. In our television and future film discussions, it's always one that we talk about, because we have a solid draft there. But again, we can't make them all."[191] In August 2016, Marvel Television announced Marvel's Runaways from the streaming service Hulu,[518] with the series receiving a full season order in May 2017.[519] It premiered in November 2017.[520]

text: In April 2013, Feige mentioned the Inhumans as a property out of which he was "confident" a film would be made.[521] Inhumans as a concept would first be introduced to the MCU in 2014 through the second season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[522] By August 2014, the studio was ready to move forward in development with the film, with a screenplay written by Joe Robert Cole.[523] In October 2014, the film was announced for Phase Three[226] and scheduled for release July 2019.[307] By October 2015, Cole was no longer involved with the film and any potential drafts that he may have written would not be used.[524] In April 2016, Inhumans was removed from the release schedule,[525] and would no longer be a part of Phase Three.[526] In July 2016, Feige said Inhumans would "certainly" be a part of the discussion regarding the film ideas for 2020 and 2021,[527] adding the following November that he was still optimistic the film could be released in Phase Four.[528] In November 2016, Marvel Television announced the series Marvel's Inhumans, which premiered on ABC in September 2017, after the first two episodes were screened in IMAX.[529] The series was not intended to be a reworking of the film.[530] ABC canceled Inhumans after one season in May 2018.[531]